"It (AIDS) cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, they increase the problem," he said in response to a question about the Church's widely contested position against the use of condoms.</a>

So teaching people that using a condom will help protect you from disease and a possible death sentence (in places like Africa) will only help spread AIDS/HIV even further.

Some stats on Africa....The disease has killed more than 25 million people since the early 1980s, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, and some 22.5 million Africans are living with HIV.

..and of course the third world countries with the highest HIV/AIDS infections are also mainly Catholic, India being the exception, Africa and Haiti being the point.

The Church should really think over a few things, and understand that HIV transmission is pretty much the equivalent to a death sentence. I hope their God takes them to task on that when their time comes.

It's kind of Sad. the last pope had just begun to mend some of the rifts in the world. Undo some of the religious hatred. As soon as he dies, what happens? this hidebound bunghole gets the funny hat and starts undoing it all.

*sighs* I really do think that when/if the second coming happens, Christ is gonna walk up to the pope say "We seriously need to talk man...."

Not that I believe in any of that, but as I have said before, if there is a heaven and it is full of assholes like most of our religious leaders of the time, I will be happy to spend eternity in hell, at least I would be in better company.

Dear God who works in mysterious ways.. There is this old man who probably killed at least one person whose only mistake was truly having faith in you, with a stupid comment he made. please drop a few rats in his bed at night with hiv virus. Amen